Driverless Cars??: "NHTSA May Mandate That New Cars Broadcast Location, Direction and Speed"

[newworldafro]

Long article... posted a portion of it ..............Thoughts???

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...w-cars-broadcast-location-direction-and-speed

NHTSA May Mandate That New Cars Broadcast Location, Direction and Speed

November 19, 2013 - 4:10 PM
By Terence P. Jeffrey

(CNSNews.com) - Before the end of this year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will decide whether or not to begin the rulemaking process to mandate that newly manufactured cars include what is being called “vehicle-to-vehicle” (V2V) communications technology that constantly broadcasts via radio wave the car’s location, direction, speed and, possibly, even the number of passengers it is carrying.

“NHTSA expects to make a decision on V2V technology by the end of the year,” a spokesman for the agency told CNSNews.com.

That point was reaffirmed by NHTSA Administrator David Strickland in testimony in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today, where he said the agency will “decide this year whether to further advance the technology through regulatory action, additional research, or a combination of both.”

“We expect to issue decisions on light duty vehicles this year, followed by a decision on heavy-duty vehicles in 2014,” he said.

NHTSA sees this technology as the first step on a “continuum” of automotive evolution that will ultimately lead to fully automated vehicles navigated by internal electronics linked to external infrastructure, communications and database systems.

The upside of a government-mandated movement toward cars that are not controlled by the people riding in them is that it could make transportation safer, allow people to use time spent in a vehicle for work, rest or entertainment, and give people who are currently incapable of driving because of age or disability the opportunity to move as freely as those who can now drive.

The downside is that such a transportation system would give the government at least the capability to exert increasing control over when, where, if--or for how much additional taxation--people are allowed to go places in individually owned vehicles. It could also give government the ability to track where people go and when.

 

[ill]

Its going to be a nightmare with privacy advocates but this is a cool idea in theory.

It would make traffic efficient and those two hour backups would disappear. You won't need speed limits either

 

[Meta Reign]

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Its going to be a nightmare with privacy advocates but this is a cool idea in theory.

It would make traffic efficient and those two hour backups would disappear. You won't need speed limits either

Agree.

But before we start expanding technology in this way, we need to shore up our foundation. Our roadways and bridges are in really bad shape. On top of that, a lot of vehicles on the road now are in horrible shape.

 

[JasonSJackson]

Wow

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Its going to be a nightmare with privacy advocates but this is a cool idea in theory.

It would make traffic efficient and those two hour backups would disappear. You won't need speed limits either

Yea, everyone drives 65mph, forever. The future is great. Not.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Never buying a "new" car.

EDIT: Unless there would be a way to communicate automatically with drivers in your vicinity, in which case I would consider it to troll.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

New cars are synced with your local police department. Going over 65 mph for more then 5 seconds results in a ticket being mailed to your home. Insurance goes through the roof for all Americans under the age of 55.